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Dancing on Knives

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by Kate Forsyth
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/06/2014
3/5 Rating 2 Reviews

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A damaged family and their generations of dangerous secrets

A damaged family and their generations of dangerous secrets

At twenty, Sara is tormented by terror so profound she hasn't left her home in five years. Like the mermaid in the fairytale her Spanish grandmother once told her, Sara imagines she is dancing on knives. She feels suffocated by her family, especially her father - the famous artist Augusto Sanchez - whose volcanic passions dominate their lives.

Then one stormy night, her father does not come home. His body is found dangling from a cliff face. Astonishingly, he is still alive, but the mystery of his fall can only be solved by the revelation of long-held family secrets.

At once a suspenseful murder mystery and a lyrical love story, Dancing on Knives is about how family can constrict and liberate us, how art can be both joyous and destructive, and how strength can be found in the unlikeliest places.
ISBN:
9780857983466
9780857983466
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-06-2014
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
235x156x22mm
Weight:
0.39kg
Kate Forsyth

Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and has since sold more than a million copies around the world.

Her books include Bitter Greens, a retelling of Rapunzel which won the 2015 American Library Association Award for Best Historical Fiction; The Wild Girl, the story of the forbidden romance behind the Grimm Brothers’ famous fairy tales, which was named the Most Memorable Love Story of 2013; and The Beast’s Garden, a retelling of ‘The Singing, Springing Lark’ set in the underground resistance to Hitler in Nazi Germany. Recently voted one of Australia’s Favourite 15 Novelists, Kate Forsyth has been called ‘one of the finest writers of this generation’.

She has a BA in literature, a MA in creative writing and a doctorate in fairy tale studies, and is also an accredited master storyteller with the Australian Guild of Storytellers.

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I have always liked Kate Forsyth’s books, and the idea of her having reworked this story many times before appealed to me. However, I had – and still do – mixed feelings about Dancing on Knives. While it sprinkles hints of The Little Mermaid throughout in a subtle and masterful way, I found the story itself to be not as interesting. While The Wild Girl deals with very dark themes, I felt that Dancing on Knives was just…depressing. It dragged at times, and not much happened. However, I liked the ending, which was a blend of positivity and negativity – a nice, real close. Sara’s change over the course of the novel was both interesting and liberating and made the ending all the more enjoyable.

On the whole, I would recommend Dancing on Knives, as it is another addition to Kate Forsyth’s admirable works, and deserves to be read, despite whatever qualms I had about it.

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I have always liked Kate Forsyth’s books, and the idea of her having reworked this story many times before appealed to me. However, I had – and still do – mixed feelings about Dancing on Knives. While it sprinkles hints of The Little Mermaid throughout in a subtle and masterful way, I found the story itself to be not as interesting. While The Wild Girl deals with very dark themes, I felt that Dancing on Knives was just…depressing. It dragged at times, and not much happened. However, I liked the ending, which was a blend of positivity and negativity – a nice, real close. Sara’s change over the course of the novel was both interesting and liberating and made the ending all the more enjoyable.

On the whole, I would recommend Dancing on Knives, as it is another addition to Kate Forsyth’s admirable works, and deserves to be read, despite whatever qualms I had about it.

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